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Hazardous Canadian wildfire smoke choking millions in US #Canada

Hazardous Canadian wildfire smoke choking millions in US
The Manhattan skyline was obscured by thick haze, and Chicago closed its beaches Thursday as out-of-control Canadian wildfires raged, sending smoke spewing into the United States and exposing millions of people to dangerously unhealthy air.

"Heathrow third runway likely to harm health of millions nearby, official report warns"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Heathrow

Heathrow third runway likely to harm health of millions nearby, official report warns
Expansion could also hit access to housing, education, healthcare, open spaces and transport, analysis says

Cybersecurity companies say hackers are exploiting vulnerable WordPress versions to take over websites; WordPress patched two critical security flaws last week (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/07/20/hack

Hackers are exploiting recently patched WordPress bugs, putting millions of websites at risk | TechCrunch
Two critical security flaws in WordPress’ software have given hackers the chance to remotely take over tens of millions of websites, according to an estimate by a cybersecurity researcher.

Hoy, en el enésimo capítulo de la aclamada serie "Me cago en la puta IA", Pine64 suspende la mayoría de sus productos por la escasez de RAM y eMMC https://www.muylinux.com/2026/08/21/pine64-tiene-malas-noticias-para-hardware-linux/

Once again, Metacurity kicks off with a concise summary of yesterday's blizzard of AI developments that cyber defenders should know, followed by briefs on other critical infosec developments, including
--US seizes 1,000 piracy sites streaming World Cup matches,
--7-Zip fixes critical RCE flaw,
--Attackers begin exploiting critical ServiceNow AI platform flaw,
--Millions of aftermarket car alarms can be hacked over Bluetooth,
--SonicWall zero-days used to d…

AI Watch: China's AI surge is forcing DC and Silicon Valley to rethink the AI race
US seizes 1,000+ piracy sites streaming World Cup matches, 7-Zip fixes critical RCE flaw, Attackers begin exploiting critical ServiceNow AI platform flaw, Millions of aftermarket car alarms can be hacked over Bluetooth, SonicWall zero-days used to deploy custom malware on VPN appliances, much more

At a liquor store, bar, or casino, getting carded is part of the cost of entry.
Now the internet is carding people, too
—and the companies doing the carding are cashing in.
New laws and platform rules are pushing games, social platforms, AIproducts, and adult sites to replace birthday boxes
(the fields where you enter your DOB)
with identity checks.
What was once a compliance tool for sellers in age-restricted industries is becoming infrastructure for the i…

The Internet Is Starting to Card Everyone. These Startups Are Making Millions From It
Age-verification systems are increasingly sophisticated. They're lucrative for the businesses creating them, too.

lkml_thread: Linux kernel mailing list
A bipartite network of contributions by users to threads on the Linux kernel mailing list. A left node is a person, and a right node is a thread, and each timestamped edge (i,j,t) denotes that user i contributed to thread j at time t. The date of the snapshot is not given.
This network has 379554 nodes and 1565683 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Timestamps

Chris Aronson, ex-president of domestic theatrical distribution at Paramount, sues the company, claiming breach of contract and age discrimination (Dominic Patten/Deadline)
https://deadline.com/2026/08/chris-aronson-sues-paramount-age-discrimination-1…

Pink-Slipped Exec Chris Aronson Sues Paramount For Millions Over “Broken Promise”
Chris Aronson is not going quietly into the Paramount night. The ex-distribution exec wants millions for being fired over breach of contract & age discrimination

Heathrow third runway likely to harm health of millions nearby, official report warns https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jun/18/heathrow-third-runway-likely-to-affect-health-millions-people-nearby-of…

lkml_thread: Linux kernel mailing list
A bipartite network of contributions by users to threads on the Linux kernel mailing list. A left node is a person, and a right node is a thread, and each timestamped edge (i,j,t) denotes that user i contributed to thread j at time t. The date of the snapshot is not given.
This network has 379554 nodes and 1565683 edges.
Tags: Social, Communication, Unweighted, Timestamps